Personally, I have performed CPR on a 5 year old all the way to people in their 80's. How many people do you know fit that criteria? The next question is how many of you out there are trained in CPR? It is a necessary skill that someone who isn't medically trained can perform with a chance of success. The following is a link to the American Heart Association's hands only CPR training. It is for those who are not comfortable with putting their mouth on someone else in the event the unthinkable happens. Without this skill, what do you have to lose?

Lately it seems scams are becoming more frequent and more devious- IRS tax scams, identity theft, hackers, and so on. Now this one involves us. My neighbor got a phone call from this institution soliciting donations. He is a skeptic so he asked for them to send something in the mail. Attached is the pamphlet. Looking at the pamphlet everything seems legitimate. Yet, he called the Better Business Bureau and they told him to be wary. They discussed how this "non-profit" organization takes in hundreds of thousands of dollars but hand out a very small percentage of their earnings. Attached is a link to their tax forms as presented by the Attorney General of Illinois. You will see they took in $379,413 but only gave out a very small portion of the $$$... the best I can see is $6000. After that there were $300,000 in contractor service charges, $45,000 of employee paychecks, and the last bit on business expenses.

We put this on our website to warn the community we will never solicit them over the phone and our current fundraisers include pictures and reflective address signs.